'Ragebait' is the 2026 German Youth Word of the Year
Already named the 2025 Oxford Word of the Year, "rage bait" has also been widely adopted in German slang.
DW reports: Already named the 2025 Oxford Word of the Year, "rage bait" has also been widely adopted in German slang.
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